Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Timothy 4:5

5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions , do the work of an evangelist , make full proof of thy ministry .

Watching implyeth, 1. A negation of sleep. 2. An industrious keeping our selves awake for some end. Keep thy self from all sin, and from all idleness and laziness, and do this industriously, that thou mayst honour God in thy work.

For thy work is a great work; the work of one who is to publish the Gospel; Or of one who is left by me the Apostle of Christ to settle the Church, which I have [illegible: 1 letter]aid the foundation of, Acts 21.8. Eph. 4.11.

Make a full proof unto others of thy faithfulness in thy Ministerial office and employment.

Marginal references: chap. 1.8. [illegible: 1 word] 2.3.; Or, fulfil.